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Hermitage in Barmeath

Hermitage

What is recorded here

Marked as 'Hermitage' on the 1835 'OS 6-inch' map and 'Hermitage (in Ruins)' on the 1911 'OS 6-inch map'. When inspected by ASI in 1966 it was described as a small rectangular structure (Int. dims. 8m x 4m), in a ruinous state with a bricked interior and boulders on the exterior.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH018-034

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  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Roberto Caione, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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